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Not your conventional podcasts, but a straight text-to-audio readout of The Quint's text stories – news, opinion, satire and more.

Women’s Entry Into Mosques: Does Religious Freedom Trump Equality?

A day after a Bengaluru-based promoter of an investment group went absconding along with Rs 2,000 crore raised by the company, claiming ‘political pressure’, the investment scam is becoming a political controversy.

Over 3,000 investors of I Monetary Advisory (IMA) have been left in a lurch after the promoter of the group, Mohammed Mansoor Khan, went absconding and claimed he would commit suicide, in an audio clip.

The scam took a political turn, when in the same voice note he accused Congress MLA Roshan Baig of taking Rs 400 crore from IMA to contest general election, which he didn’t return.

A Special Investigation Team has been ordered to probe the case.

A Rs 2,000-Crore Scam Becomes Political in Karnataka

The show is streaming on Netflix, starring Huma Qureshi. ‘Leila’ has been directed by Deepa Mehta, Shanker Raman, and Pawan Kumar. Deepa Mehta is also Creative Producer on the series

Review: Netflix’s ‘Leila’ Is a Reality Check Like No Other

It is a show that has found itself in the centre of controversy. Leila, the Netflix series about a dystopian world, starring Huma Qureshi and based on a novel by Prayaag Akbar, is a brave one.

‘Leila’ Is a Show That Will Force You to Re-Think Everything

The second season of Big Little Lies is finally here after over two years, and it seems to have only got better. Especially with the legendary Meryl Streep on board.

BIG LITTLE LIES SEASON 2 IS A MERYL STREEP SHOW

With its second season finally here after over two years, it seems to have only got better. Especially with the legendary Meryl Streep on board.

According to a CSDS survey, 45 percent Sikhs either “highly distrust” or “somewhat distrust” the police, much higher than 32 percent among Muslims, 31 percent among Christians 27 percent among Upper Castes, 29 percent among SCs, 37 percent among STs.

Why Are Sikhs Angry With Delhi Police? Data Reveals Deep Distrust

A comparison between Netflix's Leila and the book.

9 Ways Netflix’s ‘Leila’ Is Different From the Book

The principal interest in the President's Address at the joint sitting of the two Houses of Parliament after a new government assumes office, is the possible indication(s) regarding immediate policy thrusts, and fresh initiatives of the regime which has been in harness for barely a couple of weeks.

This charm however did not exist for President Ram Nath Kovind's speech, because Modi 2.0 is a reincarnate of the previous regime.

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Was President Kovind’s Address ‘Inspired’ By BJP’s Poll Manifesto?

At Père Lachaise in Paris, lies the final resting place of that remarkable woman, the last queen of Awadh. She was to some Malika Kishwar, while others knew her as Janab-i Aliyah, Her Sublime Excellency, mother to the ruler of ‘Oude’, Wajid Ali Shah. Listen to her story here from an excerpt from "The Courtesan, The Mahatma and The Italian Brahmin" by Manu S. Pillai.

Book Excerpt: Looking for the Last Queen of Awadh in Paris

Book Excerpt: Looking for the Last Queen of Awadh in Paris

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